Published June 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Mott scattering in the presence of a linearly polarized laser field

  • 1. Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, P. O. Box 4, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People's Republic of China (China)
  • 2. China Center of Advanced Science and Technology (World Laboratory), P. O. Box 8730, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China (China)
  • 3. Max-Planck Institut fuer Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle, (Germany)
  • 4. Open Laboratory of Bond Selective Chemistry, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, P. O. Box 4, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People's Republic of China (China)

Description

The Mott scattering in the presence of a linearly polarized laser field is investigated in the first Born approximation. The theoretical results indicate that at medium and large scattering angles, a large amount of multiphoton processes take place in the course of scattering. The photoabsorption (inverse bremsstrahlung) predominates the photoemission (bremsstrahlung). The sum rule for the multiphoton cross sections is notably violated. When the laser polarization deviates from the incident direction, the laser-modified (summed) cross section shows a considerable dependence on the azimuthal angle of the scattered electron. The dependencies of the cross section on the field strength, the frequency, the polarization direction, and the electron-impact energy are studied

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 063409-063409.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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